Why Do Men Have Nipples? Good question! A NY doctor, Billy Goldberg, has decided to answer that question and more in a book with the above title, subtitled "Hundred of Questions You'd Only Ask a Doctor After Your Third Martini." I would love this book. Some of the questions are probably quite silly, but that's ok.
When I was a kid, I used to ask too many Why? questions, so my folks bought me the book, Why Things Are, probably so I would stop asking them. That book is now a bit outdated, but it's still cool. Ever since, I've loved reading about random stuff; the mind, biology, nature, etc.
Thursday, August 04, 2005
Wednesday, August 03, 2005
Article: Has the notebook-to-handheld conversion begun?
Has the notebook-to-handheld conversion begun? Boy, don't I wish!
Apparently some senior executives are starting to trade in their laptops for a desktop and a smart handheld device, a la Pocket PC. Since most senior execs don't do much except read e-mail and talk to each other, I guess that works for them. I'd be hard-pressed to show up at a client site and start coding on my phone. Talk about your reality check ("How big is that screen anyway, 300x400?")
However, if they give me VR goggles, light-based keyboards and VR gloves, I might think about it. At least with goggles you can get 1024x768...of course, they're a fortune, but hey, who's counting costs here? Seriously, though, the input and visual components are what need the most work.
I think technology will eventually get there. I remember when my dad bought his first PC, and it had less processing power and RAM than my phone now has. And that was only about 15 years ago.
Apparently some senior executives are starting to trade in their laptops for a desktop and a smart handheld device, a la Pocket PC. Since most senior execs don't do much except read e-mail and talk to each other, I guess that works for them. I'd be hard-pressed to show up at a client site and start coding on my phone. Talk about your reality check ("How big is that screen anyway, 300x400?")
However, if they give me VR goggles, light-based keyboards and VR gloves, I might think about it. At least with goggles you can get 1024x768...of course, they're a fortune, but hey, who's counting costs here? Seriously, though, the input and visual components are what need the most work.
I think technology will eventually get there. I remember when my dad bought his first PC, and it had less processing power and RAM than my phone now has. And that was only about 15 years ago.
Article: Apple's new mouse works on Macs and Windows PCs
Apple's new mouse works on Macs and Windows PCs...whoopie!
Apple's new mouse...what a joke. And someone (industry analysts my foot) actually believes that the Mighty Mouse is going to infiltrate the PC industry? PC users actually like mice that fit their hand, not cute little designer mice. Those are for toys, like Macs, or designers who don't actually do much with their machines but stare at it and think how wonderful it looks.
Don't get me wrong, MacOS X is finally an interesting operating system, and I'm happy that Apple has finally decided that a two-button mouse is useful, but they still only have about 3% of the market share. Maybe moving to Intel processors will help with that, but I wouldn't bet on it unless you can just buy MacOS X for the PC.
Apple's new mouse...what a joke. And someone (industry analysts my foot) actually believes that the Mighty Mouse is going to infiltrate the PC industry? PC users actually like mice that fit their hand, not cute little designer mice. Those are for toys, like Macs, or designers who don't actually do much with their machines but stare at it and think how wonderful it looks.
Don't get me wrong, MacOS X is finally an interesting operating system, and I'm happy that Apple has finally decided that a two-button mouse is useful, but they still only have about 3% of the market share. Maybe moving to Intel processors will help with that, but I wouldn't bet on it unless you can just buy MacOS X for the PC.
Article: Big Brother Brand Car Insurance Appears To Be Working
I just ran across this and think it's pretty amazing: Big Brother Brand Car Insurance Appears To Be Working. Don't worry, I'm not one of those people that worries too much about privacy. No, I don't want people looking in on me in the middle of the night, but I also don't really care if someone watches how I drive. The GPS thing is kind of freaky, if you care about people know where you've been, and then I'd only worry about it if there were some corrupt government agency trying to track me down...not likely as I'm not famous or even infamous.
The thing that bothers me is that insurance companies actually think their product can't be hacked. I mean, ok, so maybe it can't; but I wouldn't doubt that someone hacks it once it's widespread, and then they just drive the way they want and send in the data they want.
The thing that bothers me is that insurance companies actually think their product can't be hacked. I mean, ok, so maybe it can't; but I wouldn't doubt that someone hacks it once it's widespread, and then they just drive the way they want and send in the data they want.
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